I mean if there are dads out there who seem to be able to do so, then by all means, I am open to suggestions. But ever since we gave birth in January, I've had to continue working, leading Pushpin Visual Solutions into our new phase (in itself akin to caring for a new baby--lots of demands on time, attention, and energy), and supporting the wife however I can. "However I can" here means being as much of a hands-on dad as possible, and doing the lion's share of the house chores so that mommy can focus on breastfeeding the baby and recovering from her CS operation.

It's been seven months since. Maybe now I can get back in the saddle again. But I've learned my lesson: no more bold proclamations like "Hello world! I'm back to blogging again! Expect a new post twice, three times a day!" This time, I'm taking a cue from my own child, Liam Oliver: baby steps, daddy, one at a time.

I did a series of illustrations parodying Instagram and selfie cliches, featuring the carabao character from my The More The Manyer series of books on Filipino linguistic cliches. From #duckface to #beachfeet, the images comprise some of my biggest internet pet peeves.

Did I miss anything? Feel free to suggest more Instagram and selfie cliches!

One of my favorite ongoing projects right now is, bar none, my collaboration with wifey Lorra on our weekly comic strip, Homeycomb: A Married Life. It started out as a slice-of-life, ripped from our life experiences series of comics, but has since evolved into a sort of parallel universe, wish-fulfilment kind of comic, with dinosaurs and robots and all sorts of other weird and fun adventures we wish we actually got ourselves into. Except earlier this year, we found ourselves in the middle of one of the greatest life adventures of all:

Inspired both by Maurice Sendak's original picture book, and Dave Eggers & Spike Jonze film adaptation, Wild Things is a set of postcard-sized illustrations I contributed to Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan's Paper Clips exhibit, which launched last May 30, 2015 at PRISM Gallery.

Meanwhile, on Instagram:

As with the previous #shyshelly book, I tried to avoid illustrating actual scenes from the story, and drew additional material that added to the world instead. I also made sure to add activities like this; would love to know if any reader has tried this and how it turned out! @justinehail @omflit #recipes #illustration #visualnote #artph

Getting ready to jump into #ShyShelly Book 3 this year, and reviewing the work I’ve done so far! This is from Shy Shelly vs The Bully @justinehail @omflit #comics #illustration #kidslit #childrensbooks #artph

#inktober Day 10: It wasn’t until I finished the piece that I thought of what I feel is a more effective panel layout. But it has been a long day, I am tired, tomorrow I will do better. (As a bonus, I might as well share as well the alternate panel layout I belatedly thought of) #inktober2017 #shorttalltales #illustrations #comics #stories #artph #orphaned

#inktober Day 9, although at this point maybe I ought to enclose “Day” in quotes. Nevertheless, I’m fully caught up now, finally! The panel-a-day format resumes in earnest tomorrow! (I hope!) #inktober2017 #illustrations #comics #stories #shorttalltales